Mopping, spreading, and polishing device



Jan. 17, 1933. H. RANlsH MOPPING, SPREADING, AND POLISHING DEVICE FiledSept. 26. 1930 Patented Jan. 17, 1933 UN'rED STATES HARRY EANISII, E LosANGELES,y CALIEQRNIA MOPEING, sr'READING, Arm PoLIsHING DEVICE`Applicatonrled September 2G, 1930. f Serial No." 484,600. i

An object of this invention is to provide means adapted for use forspreading upon a floor, oil or liquid Wax as maybe required, and forpolishing such floor; and l also adapt-ed for use with slight changesfor Washing Windows and for other various surface treating uses to`Which it may Iberfound applicable. .Y

Simplicity and cheapnessof construction;

and ease of supplying vand controlling the supply of oil or liquid Waxvto and through the applicator, are further objects.

Anothery object is to provide a device of the character set forth havinginter-changeable parts more particularly adapted for f1tting the deviceto be used in some instances.

for oiling a floor, in other instances for -WaX- ing the floor; and inother instances for -polishing the floor and in still further instancesVand clean-l for scrubbing floors and Washing ing Windows and othersurfaces.` l p An object is to provide a tasselled or fringed brush ofparticularly satisfactory exchangeabilityfor oiling,.and for Waxing insome instances, and'for using Water for Washing and scrubbing Windowsand floors, and for use in drying Windows and other sure faces.

3.0 construction shown, and it is understood that forms 'of embodimentother than those shoWn may beemployed Without departing from theinvention or from the principles herein disclosed and embodied in themechanism herein set forth and claimed.

Other objects, advantages and features of invention may appear from theaccompanying drawing, the subjoined detailed description and theappended claims. f

-The accompanying drawing illustrates the invention. l v a Figure l is aperspective view, of the device as in use for oiling a floor surface andspreading the oil thereover; the handle being i broken to contract theview'and the applicator reversed to expose the rear of the applicatorand the brush fastening. y

Fig. 2 is an enlarged view in verticalaxial 5o section shoWingthe`arrangement by which oil is fed from a handle reservoir to the ap-.juncts in place for applying liquid Wax to a 'The invention is notlimited to thespeciicV plicator chamber; broken lines indicate aposition of parts for supplying oil to the applicator chamber. K v Fig.3 isa detached detail of the brush removed. v i 55 Fig. t is a view of.thevdetached brush hanolle and scraper adaptedr for use alone andalsofor application to the brush to fit it nfor Window Washing.

Fig. 5 is a view looking down into the un- 60 capped handley ofv 2. Fig. 6 is an enlarged section on line X6, Fig. 4. v I

Fig. 7 is a perspective kvievv of the Linderside of the mop head Withapplicating cham# ber empty eXcept as vto the' end of the oil valve tubekfrom which its closurel hasbeen unscrevved and omitted from the View. i

F ig. 8 is a View of the mop head With the distributing plate and pad,and the oil tube terminal closure in place; the padbeing broken toexpose the plate.

Fig. 9 is a top View of the device With adioor surface; the handle beingbroken-away. V to contract the view.

Fig. 10 is an axial section of F 9 central tothe Wax tube and omittingparts shown in Fig. 2 above the valve closing spring-in Figs.

1, 2 ande. 80

The hollow,k handle 1 is provided with a threaded s ocliet and nippleconnection as at 2, 3, to form a hinging conduit4 that is con.-v nectedby a hinging T pipe fitting 5 having its stem screwed onto a valvenozzle 6 slidingly fitted as at 7 to ahead comprising a head plate 8through vWhich the nozzle extends to ,deliver liquid into a distributingchamber 9 open at the bottom and formed underneath the head plate andsurrounded by a collar y10 having A? means, as the spring fingers/1l forsecuring a brush 12ato thecollar and therethrough to the head plate 8..

The brush l2 may be of any practical construction Yand is1 shovvnv vascomprisinga` belt formed ofastrap 13, 'having ties 14 and a f fringe`15; the strap being adapted to itthe outside ofthe collarl() and to beheld thereon by the ties 14 andto be fixed in place bythe v fingers 11inserted into pockets 16 in the inner face ofthe strap 13, so that thebrush forms a spreader approaching a circular form, and the fringeconstitutes anormally soft floor contacting extension of the walls ofthe chamber through which the oil or liquid wax is to be applied.

. 17 is adistributing plate having perforations18 and a hole 19 throughwhich latter the nozzle 6 reeip-rocably extends to inter-k s thejnozzleWithdrawn from Vthe pad 2O and into position Vwhere it is covered by avalved ferrule 25 which is fixed to and entends upward from the head 6and is spaced from the crown of the spring 22 which actspagainst the endof the stern 26 of the T, thus to non inally and yieldingly elevate `thevalve tube 6, to close the nozzle outlet 21, nd to allo-w the nozzle tobe removed by downward pressure on the handle at the will of theoperator,

, thus bringing the outlet 21 into position to deliverv oil to theporouspad.

Said pad 20 and distributor 17 isfastened to the nozzle by washers as at27 and 28, and by a cap 29 which is threaded' onto the `end ofthe nozzleso that the lower end of the nozzle'is closed and the liquid can onlyiiow out of the nozzle through the outlet 214 when the nozzle isdepressed against vthe force of the spring. i I i The hinge Vconduit 4has in its. head an oilV wayBO anda threaded valve seat 30` in which isfitted a rotary check vreservoir closing valve 31 shown as provided witha passage formed byra slot 82 always open to the handle to re-V ceiveoil from the handle chamber, but closed L 4 to the passage 80 when thevalve 1s turned into one position, and open` to such passagev when thevalve is turned to another position,

so that when it is not desired to allow oil to flow into the nozzle,the'valve may be turned torclose the passage; and, vice versa','whenthe-valve is `turned contra-wise, `free flow to thenozzle will beyallowed and 1s also provided to control theflow of liquid as it may bedesired. .Y Y

Portions 33 and 34 of the collar lserve as supports for the head toprevent 'the spring fingers 11 from being deformed by excessive downpressure on 'the applicator head.V fFor convenience in assembly, adetachable conducting sect-ion'35 is provided to nialre i connectionbetween the oil way 3()V and the passage inV the Tand such section isshown secured in' place by rneans 4of the threaded end of thedetachablesection 35, and by tening screw 3,6 extending means ofl a fasthrough such section and screwing into a threaded seat 37 in the head ofthe conduit 4. 38 is a cap to close the upper end of the tubular handleand when the cap is removed' the handle maybe charged with oilV and ispreferably of suiicient'capacity to hold more Y than the contents oftheusual size bottle of oil or polish that is to be distributed bythebrush.

y The handle thusforins the oil reservoir for di the oil applicator.

In practical use for controllingthe flow' of'liquid, willruse theappliance as connnon in using a inop, and when he desires to feed liquidtothe absorbent pad2() he will 'press upon thehandle to pdepressthespring'and nozzle, thusfto allow flow vof the Vliquid to the porouspad 20, .A The wax reservoir 39 is shap'edfto afford ai convenient`handlefor the applicator and has the'operator having filled the handleand opened the adjustable valve 31 end orifices 4 0 and 41 forattachment'tqthe y handle and tothe nipple 3. c t

The deviceshown in Fig. 4 comprises a rubber strip 42 in achannele'dholder 43, provided with a threaded stud 44 adapted to screwinto'the end'of the handle 1 where said handle is unscrewed from thehinged conduit 4,so that when windows have been cleaned the device canbe usedl for drying the saine as in coininon practice. V Y' ln order tostore this drying contrivance for convenient use and to keep it freefrom oil, a case 45 having a hook 46 is 'provided Vto 'receive therubber strip l42, its channeled holder 43, and the stud44, and isadapted to slip down inside the handle 1 to allow the scraper 42,43, 44,to bel stored in the top end of the handle without .Corning into`Contact with the oil therein. A

case 45 willbe withdrawn and thezoil poured c Tice into the end of thehandle, and they case 45 returned to the handlegth'e cap 38 willthenfbeputinto place. Y' rlhe case 45 is madeto tit friction tightin thehandle' so that 'it' will not slip down in-V side the' handle;l and the-hoolr 46 serves as a :catch under which a nail or otherinstruinent ,W

ina-y be insertedto withdraw thecasefroin the handle;V whereupon thescraper-maybe withdrawn'froin the case for use as above 1n- 'dicated fi' f ln the form shown in Figs. SlandA 10,'the

applicator is provided with a felt pad 47 that is secured to the collar10 by a thirnble 48having an inwardly yextending flange. 49 over whichis applied a porous 'padv 50rthrough which the liquid wax'will flow intothepad 47,

through whichlitpasses torthe'floor to'be g waxed. y, Y f

VThe applicatorfis preferably of an oval form and/is provided lwith apoint4 51 to enter intol cornersforV spreading oil and polishing 'atplaces 1n suchcorners.V l' Y Y Y Y {05- ln order to charge the vhandlewith oil, the

. ening top ange 52.

The applicator top is shown as made of a single piece of sheet metalstamped, slit, punched, struck up, drawn and swaged t0 provide the head8, the fitting 7 ,the collar 10, the fingers ll, and the double thickstrength- I claim: f

l l. A device of the character set forth comprising an applicatorprovided with a head plate and a distributin chamber having an openbottom; spring ngers integral with said chamber; a distributor insidehaving a vertical movement; said distributor comprising an adjustablevalve and 'a valve nozzley provided with an intermedite lateral outletthat is closed in one position and open in another position to supply tosaid chamber the' substance to be distributed and spread; a

'brush provided with pockets and means comprising said springfingers tofit into said pockets for securing the brush to the outside of saidchamber. Y Y f 2. A device of the character set forth for connecting ahello-w handle to an applicator head a conduit in hinged relation to thehead and provided with an internally and externally threaded nipple forconnection to the` handle; said conduit provided in its head with an oilway and a threaded valve seat in which is fitted a check valve; saidvalve provided with a passage formed by a slo-t always open to thehandle to receive oil from the handle chamber, but closed to said oilway when the valve is turned into one position and open to such passagewhen turned to another position and will controlthe flow of oil asdesired by the operator. ,Y

3. In a device of the character set forth, an applicator head having anopen ferrule on its A top side and a collar on its underside; a hollowhandle connected to said applicator head;

a chamber having an open bottomsurrounded by the collar; a valve nozzlein the ferrule and provided with an intermediate lateral outlet adaptedto be open tothe chamber lwhen the valve nozzle isdepressed by saidhandle; a porous pad mounted on said valve nozzle in the chamber; aldistributing plate interposed between said pad and head; 'a cap threadedonto the lower end of said valve nozzle 5- washers held in place by thecap and said washers and .cap to fasten said distributing plate and padto the valve nozzle.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand at Los Angeles,California, this 19th day of September, 1930. HARRY RANISH.

